Premier League, Fulham and Arsenal
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Arsenal’s win was the perfect follow-up to Liverpool’s stoppage-time capitulation at Crystal Palace on Saturday, a result that added to the anomalies in the Premier League table: Palace in third, Sunderland fifth, Newcastle down in 15th. But Liverpool first and Arsenal second after six games is the title race set. Take your pick from those two.
We took the lead twice in the game through Kyran Thompson, but were pegged back late in the first half through a Younes Ibrahim free-kick. Brando Bailey-Joseph restored our lead early in the second half, but Ibrahim fired home another free kick, two minutes from time.
As Jarred Gillett put his finger to his ear to signal a VAR review, Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope went an even lighter shade of white. The England international must surely have been fearing a red card after clattering into Viktor Gyökeres midway through the first half of Sunday’s ding-dong.
When Liverpool had finally dropped points, it seemed Arsenal were destined not to capitalise - but there was different ending to this story
Last season's beaten semifinalists bring the curtain up on the Champions League league phase on Tuesday afternoon as Arsenal face off against Athletic Club in Bilbao. A summer of ambitious spending on top of the squad he already has means Mikel Arteta returns to the Basque country in the knowledge that his side rank among the leading contenders to win the competition that is the biggest missing piece of the Arsenal trophy room.
Newcastle United striker Nick Woltemade accused Arsenal centre back Gabriel of elbowing him in the face during Sunday’s fractious encounter, and used the Brazilian’s on-pitch apology as an admission of guilt after an incident which he deemed “not right.”
Erling Haaland's early goal and Gabriel Martinelli's stoppage-time equalizer delivered a 1-1 draw from a pulsating clash between Premier League title rivals Manchester City and Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
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